different between parasol vs canopy

English

Etymology

From French parasol, from Italian parasole, from para- (“to shield”) +? sole (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pæ???s?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p????s?l/

Noun

parasol (plural parasols)

1. A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
2. A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
3. (architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.

Synonyms

• (small light umbrella): sunshade, umbrella, beach umbrella

Derived terms

• parasol ant
• parasol cell
• parasol mushroom
• parasol tree
• parasol wing

Translations

Verb

parasol (third-person singular simple present parasols, present participle parasoling or parasolling, simple past and past participle parasoled or parasolled)

1. (transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.
   • 1826, The Monthly Magazine (page 161)

     Now old ladies, who dare venture a-shopping, go parasolling their withered perfections along, and entertain a decided dread of injuring the immaterial whiteness of their skins, which have ceased to he compared to "lilies" and "snows," and other sonnet-like similes, for more than thirty summers […]

   • 2013, Geoff Ryman, The King's Last Song (page 19)

     […] the buffaloes in the mire, and rows of trees parasolling houses along the waterways.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French parasol, from Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?.ra??s?l/
• Hyphenation: pa?ra?sol
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

parasol m (plural parasols or parasollen, diminutive parasolletje n)

1. parasol

Derived terms

• parasolvoet

Related terms

• paraplu

French

Etymology

From Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.?a.s?l/

Noun

parasol m (plural parasols)

1. A large, anchored umbrella used as protection from the sun.

Further reading

• “parasol” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

parar (“to stop”) +? sol (“sun”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

parasol m (plural parasois)

1. umbrella, sunshade, parasol (used to protect against the sun)
2. sun visor

Synonyms

• (sunshade): antuca f, catasol m

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French parasol

Noun

parasol

1. umbrella

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Polish

Etymology

From French parasol, from Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?ra.s?l/

Noun

parasol m inan

1. umbrella (used to protect against the sun or rain)

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) parasolka, parasolnik
• (adjectives) parasolowy, parasolowaty

Related terms

• (noun) parasolnictwo
• (adjectives) parasolkowy, parasolkowaty, parasolniczy
• (adverbs) parasolowato, parasolkowato

Further reading

• parasol in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• parasol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French parasol

Noun

parasol

1. umbrella

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

Etymology

parar (“to stop”) +? sol (“sun”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

parasol m (plural parasoles)

1. umbrella (used to protect against the sun)
2. sunshade
3. (automotive) sun visor
4. parasol

See also

• parabrisas
• paraguas
• parachoques
• paracaídas

English

Etymology

From Middle English canape, canope, from Latin c?n?p?um (“curtain”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek ????????? (k?n?peîon)), through Medieval Latin canopeum, or possibly Old French conope, conopé (compare modern French canapé). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kæ.n?.pi/

Noun

canopy (plural canopies)

1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

   • golden canopies and beds of state
2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.

Descendants

• ? French: canopée (calque)
• ? Spanish: canopy

Translations

Verb

canopy (third-person singular simple present canopies, present participle canopying, simple past and past participle canopied)

1. (transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
   • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene 1,^[1]

     Away before me to sweet beds of flowers:

     Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers.

   • 1634, John Milton, Comus, lines 543-5,^[2]

     I sat me down to watch upon a bank

     With ivy canopied, and interwove

     With flaunting honeysuckle […]

   • 1818, Mary Shelley, Franklenstein, Chapter 11,^[3]

     I began also to observe, with greater accuracy, the forms that surrounded me, and to perceive the boundaries of the radiant roof of light which canopied me.

   • 1850, The Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Vol. XVI, No. 38, Vepery: J.P. Bantleman, p. 366,^[4]

     The walls of the vestibule and passage passing round the sanctuary, are covered with compartments holding high reliefs of Buddha seated on a lotus, the stem of which is grasped by two figures wearing wigs and tiaras, canopied by snakes; […]

2. (intransitive) To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
   • 2013, Tara Morris, “Canopying In Rio Claro,” colombiareports.com, 11 March, 2013,^[5]

     If you’re looking for a little adventure in Colombia, look no further than canopying through Rio Claro’s lush, secluded jungle, located just five hours bus ride from either Medellin or Bogota.

See also

• canopied
• canopy bed

Spanish

Noun

canopy m (uncountable)

1. (Caribbean) zipline (activity)